In this tutorial for new beginners in Inkscape, I’ll show you how to create simple geometric shapes and what kind of features they have.

Actually creating shapes very easy. You can find all standard geometric figures on design toolbar on the left side of Inkscape. Here you can see a rectangle, circle and polygon with the star.

It’s very easy to draw simple geometric figures. Just click on the icon of shape. An icon of the cursor will change. Now click on any place in a workspace and draw. The shape will draw in the default color.

After realizing mouse button you can draw again until you'll like to cancel

Now let’s see what kind of features standard shapes has. To see features switch to select tool and on the top side.

Select a shape and on it, you’ll see arrows. With this arrows, you can resize selected object. If you’ll once again click on an object then arrows will change and you’ll able to rotate and skew an object.

On the top panel, you’ll see some icons and fields that get active when object selected. These icons can be different based on selected object or tool.

I’ll need the second object and that’s why I’m going to take circle tool and will draw second object shape.

Now let’s check options of objects.

With first three icons, you can select or deselect all objects and nodes.

Second icon group allows you rotate objects and mirror reflect them.

With this group, you can send objects back or front.

This parameter is the coordinates of the object. Zero points are located on the bottom left corner of the sheet.

You can set dimensions of the objects

Last options here are scale parameters of objects. Here you can control the way how border or texture will work when you’ll scale objects.

As you can see you can easily draw simple geometric objects. Simple geometric shapes are basic as all hard looking objects are combined simple geometric shapes. So first you need to draw a simple object and only then you can start to draw your amazing artworks.

In this tutorial I’ll introduce you very cool vector design software and that Inkscape. Most cool part of this software is this it's totally free. But notwithstanding to this fact, it's very powerful and easy to use the software.

In this first tutorial, I’ll introduce you to this software interface.

Inkscape interfaces very simple and very close to CorelDraw interface. Ex Coreldraw users will adapt very easily.

Let’s see how Inkscape interface structured.

As in every software on top, you can see the main drop-down menu where you can find all tools of Inkscape

Below you can see most used tools like copy paste zoom and others. This toolbar changing based on selected tool or object

On left side, you can see design toolbar. In this toolbar, you can find frequently used drawing and modifying tools.

Below at the bottom, you can see the color panel and this panel also looking like In CorelDraw but it working a little bit different.

Below Color panel, you can see here information panel and also you can see here layer dropdown menu.

On the right side, you can see tool panel and also here you’ll see tools dialog box. If base on a tool that you’ll use. Some tools have dialog box panel some of them not.

As you can see an interface very simple. Unfortunately, you can customize interface freely but Inkscape has predefined views.

You can find them in View menu. At bottom of menu, you’ll see 3 different menus

Let’s change it to Custom. You can switch between these modes. But there is no big difference between their view.

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In this post, I’m gonna introduce you a best free alternative that can be used instead of more popular and paid software.

If you are a designer or just want to create something in vector editing software then probably you’ll need to use one of the most popular software. But if you don’t want to pay for software or you want to use it only for personal purposes then you can use Free design software called Inkscape.

Inkscape available for Windows, MAC and for Linux. Download and install it. It's very easy to do. After installation launch Inkscape.

Inkscape interface very simple and it is very close to CorelDraw interface.

Most of tools also working like in CorelDraw. Ex CorelDraw users will adapt very quickly as most of tools and navigation is very close to CD. Inkscape has a wide range of drawing, modifying and editing tools that can be used to realize any design.

Of course, Professional design software has more tools and features but Inkscape doesn’t fall behind. In official website, you can download additional extensions that can solve many problems connected to design, laser machine and technical drawing.

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